Such domination may be common at Miami or Nebraska. But not at Virginia. The Cavaliers entered the game seventh in the ACC in total offense at 330.3 yards a game, sixth in scoring offense at 14.7 points a game. Heck, Virginia had scored only six touchdowns in its first three games combined in 1989.

Those meager averages meant nothing against Duke, the ACC's worst defense coming in (28.7 point a game) and the league's No. 7 defense a year ago.

Moore's 13 consecutive completions broke the Virginia record of 12 set by Tommy Hodges against North Carolina in 1965.

"They just ran over us and pretty much did whatever they wanted," Duke linebacker Randy Sally said. "It's embarrassing."

Indeed, Virginia never punted Saturday. After tailback Marcus Wilson slipped on a third-and-two play in the first quarter, Jake McInerney missed a field goal. Then came the seven consecutive touchdowns. Then came a lost fumble with the scrubs in the game.

Duke led 10-0 after one quarter. In the second quarter, Virginia gained 210 yards on 16 plays (13.1 yards a play) and scored 28 points.

"I think we tried hard and we still couldn't stop them," Duke Coach Steve Spurrier said. "I don't know what we could have done differently. ... We're not real good in pass coverage and not real good in run defense."

This is Spurrier's third season at Duke. In his first two combined, ACC opponents scored 30 points a game against the Blue Devils, prompting Spurrier to fire defensive coordinator Rick Johnson and take a more active role in devising defenses. And with an imaginative pass offense and eight returning defensive starters, Duke figured to be even better than last year's 7-3-1 team.

Losing linebacker John Howell in preseason to a knee injury hurt the Blue Devils. But that doesn't excuse a non-existent pass rush that never pressured Moore and doomed Duke's already vulnerable secondary.

If tight end Bruce McGonnigal wasn't wide open on crossing patterns, then wide receiver Herman Moore was outjumping Duke defensive backs for long touchdown receptions.

"We could have thrown short, we could have thrown long," Herman Moore said. "We could have thrown whatever we wanted to. Their defensive backs were giving us that much room."